In article <Rr6z00O5IMnU091yn at teleport.com>, larryc at teleport.com (Larry
Caldwell) wrote:
|In article <34ce4279.1438770 at news.mindspring.com>,
|wolfbat359 at mindspring.com (Donald L Ferry) wrote:
||> I see! If they are tree farms how do they contribute significantly to
|> the environment?
||A number of ways.
||A regular harvest cycle creates forest edge environments where most
|wildlife lives.
|Huh? What are you trying to say here? That wildlife likes chain-saw music?
|Selection of seedling stock reverses the decline in genetic fitness of
|trees caused by selective harvesting of wild stocks.
|Interesting concept if true. IMO, tree farms consist of undiversified
species designed primarily for fast growth.
|Farms can produce a steady supply of fiber, taking the harvest pressure off
|of legacy timber supplies.
|True.
|Farms can be established in areas suitable for repetitive timber harvest,
|allowing permanent layout of skid trails and roads.
|This is hardly a "contribution to the environment."
|Of course, all the benefits of air and water purification are the same
|as for a wild forest. A tree doesn't care where it is growing.
|I'd say trees care a lot about where they're growing. Apparently they
don't care to g row in areas that have been clear cut, judging by the
lack of success in reestablishing forests in many clear-cut areas.
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